Megan the Merlot M edition

[Senor_Taylor]

Hey guys, I'm back to dilute my thread some more. First autocross with the engine running well! Definitely a lot more power now! It's really weird having a miata that idles at 800 rpm smoothly (my old one idled really high as well). She's smooth and she's strong. So strong, in fact, that my crappy tires are even more crappy now as the engine likes to use the torsen to spin both tires and turn them into small bits of melted rubber. The course in Roanoke was very fun, but extremely confusing and hard to remember, so much so that only 2 of my 4 runs were even complete. I finished less than a second away from first place, so I would have probably gotten a trophy if my GF wasn't with me on my 2 good runs, but that doesn't matter. I had a lot of fun, but I wish we got more runs than 4. Here's my fastest run below. I really wanted to take everyone's advice and either be on gas or on the brakes and never coasting, but these tires did not allow that. I tried to carry more speed the next run, but the tires would not hold and the car pushed WAAAAYYY too much. I know we all talk about seat time before mods, but I'm 100% certain these tires are a detriment to everything performance related with this car. I'm not too worried about it because we can all agree that Miatas with bad tires are more fun than ones with sticky rubber, but I'd like to imagine I'd be very competitive with tires that weren't off brand, 9+ year old ones.

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After that, I make the trek to Chan's house and pulled my old speakers (6" Sony Xplode), cup holders attachment, and the old head unit from my previous Miata. I threw the speakers in before I headed home and I put the head unit in this morning. I hate to ruin the stock look of my M edition interior, but it's nice to have USB and an aux input now, especially with great speakers. I plan to pick up a nicer head unit soon since this one looks so ratty, but it'll do for now. I just need to get my power antenna fixed or replaced with a stationary one. Now I have a total of 4 tweeters and 2 regular woofers in my car now, which is a bit overkill. The high frequency range is strong enough to give you an ear ache now. Overall I'm really happy with the car right now. It may be the most complete and functional car I've owned.